Read our Privacy Statement. View related resources. Advisory — Beware of scams and phishing emails Send us feedback if you receive any suspicious or inappropriate emails asking for your personal information. Supervision will vary between lifts, with more complex operations requiring experienced supervision, while routine lifts may be planned and executed by the people using the equipment. Finally, the Approved Code of Practice L identifies the 12 factors that should be considered in order to carry out lifting operations safely.
These factors are:. So what do these terms actually mean in relation to your responsibilities as a duty holder? As a duty holder, there are a few key responsibilities when organising lifting operations, which all relate to Regulation 8. In addition to technical expertise, the competent person should also be independent and impartial. It is essential, therefore, to ensure that all operations are planned by somebody with the level of capability and understanding suitable for the complexity of each particular lifting operation.
Secondly, duty holders are responsible for providing appropriate supervision for the task. This means thorough initial planning, as well as more specific planning of individual lifting operations, which take into account the above 12 factors of carrying out lifting operations safely. To help you prepare for your LOLER inspection, we've produced a completely free guide which highlights all of the questions to ask your engineering inspection company to make sure you are getting the best service possible.
My take on it is that you need a plan, no matter what the operation. How deep you need to go in the weeds with the plan depends on how complex the operation is and the risk it poses. So the plan should contain as much or as little as it needs to accomplish that. When it comes to training and speciallized services Crane Tech offers you the most flexible options. We will handle all paperwork, processing, training, and testing for one low fee.
Contact Facilities Newsletter Client Portal. Call: This section includes guidelines and requirements applicable to critical lifts and describes the planning and documentation required to perform a critical lift. The decision to designate a lift as a critical lift is a management decision.
Guidelines provided here are intended to aid in making that decision. A lift should be designated as a critical lift if dropping, upset or collision could cause or result in any one of the following: 1. Damage that would result in serious economic consequences. Damage that would result in unacceptable delay to schedule or other significant deleterious programmatic impact such as loss of vital data 3. Undetectable damage that would jeopardize future operations or safety of a facility.
Significant release of radioactive or other hazardous material to the environment or creation of an undesirable condition. Personnel injury or significant adverse health impact, either onsite or offsite. In addition, a lift that meets one of the following criteria shall be designated as a critical lift: a. Any lift that requires the use of multiple cranes.
The item to be lifted requires exceptional care in handling because of size, weight, close-tolerance installation, high susceptibility to damage or other unusual factor. The item, although non-critical, requires exceptional care in handling because it is being lifted above a critical item. The manager who has the responsibility for the item being lifted has the authority to require that it be handled as a critical lift. In addition, the manager at the facility where the lift will be performed also has the authority to require that it be handled as a critical lift.
The manager who designates the lift as a critical lift shall ensure that a person-in-charge PIC is assigned. The PIC shall ensure that a step-by-step procedure is prepared for critical lifts. Although individual procedures are prepared for one-time critical lifts, general procedures may be employed to accomplish routine recurrent critical lifts, For example, a general procedure may be used to lift an item or series of similar items that are frequently lifted or repeatedly handled in the same manner.
This list shall identify each piece of equipment by type and rated capacity. NOTE : Sign-offs in the procedure are generally appropriate. Hold points or sign-off points should be provided for personnel assigned to witness the work.
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